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Generation Gap
drink alcohol your awareness is shrouded by veils of ignorance.
These veils of ignorance will accumulate and never leave. You
may believe that they have dispersed, but they instead become
denser and will turn you into a dull and ineffective individual. You
will not be able to think positively or clearly. Those who have
managed to overcome their addiction to alcohol have developed
a positive attitude and thinking.
Questioner : Once alcohol has created this veil over the
awareness, how can it be removed?
Dadashri : There is no solution for that. Time is the only
remedy. The longer a person abstains from drinking alcohol, the
clearer his thinking will be as the veils of ignorance disperse. He
will begin to notice the difference as time goes by, but not
immediately.
Understand that pleasure derived from eating meat and
consuming alcohol will have to be repaid. The repayment for this
will be that in his next life, he will have to take birth in a lower life
form, in the plant or the animal kingdom. Every form of external
happiness one enjoys will have to be repaid, so one must
understand the gravity of this obligation. The world is not
haphazard; it will demand a repayment. Only the experience of
one’s inner bliss does not need to be repaid. So remember you
will have to pay back whatever you borrow.
Questioner : A person will have to repay as an animal in
his next life, but what are the consequences of eating meat and
drinking alcohol in this life?
Dadashri : In this life his ignorance will increase. As a
result he will become callous and beastly. People around him will
not give him any respect.
(P.127)